Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A composer or singer of songs and melodies: sometimes opposed to harmonizer.
- noun A collection of songs, melodies, tunes, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A composer or singer of melodies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A performer or composer of
melodies
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's a little fed up with people asking how a drummer can be such a skilled melodist: "I'm approaching melody as a human being, not as a percussionist."
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Young was a master melodist who had composed some of the most luscious songs of the era “Love Letters,” “Stella by Starlight,” “My Foolish Heart”.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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His enviable gifts as a melodist are evident throughout and finely straddle the line between the decorous and the deeply felt.
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And in doing this latest record, I was forced into becoming a melodist by my producer because he kept saying what you're doing is really interesting.
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Corgan is a skillful melodist in everything from pseudocountry to metal, but he'll repeat a catchy phrase to death, as if congratulating himself for thinking of it.
Under The Grunge 2008
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In a way, it has been Puccini's misfortune to be remembered primarily as a melodist.
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But Steiner was a far better melodist; his tunes like the themes from Now, Voyager or A Summer Place just have a distinctiveness that Newman's themes don't.
Archive 2007-04-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007
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But Steiner was a far better melodist; his tunes like the themes from Now, Voyager or A Summer Place just have a distinctiveness that Newman's themes don't.
Power-Ful Jaime J. Weinman 2007
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Mr. LANSING: He is normally a very good melodist and normally really writes a good tune, but that song is meandering.
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A terrific musician, but a real dud as a melodist.
Archive 2006-01-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2006
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